Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” today at 11am CST for the PASS DBA Fundamentals...
2013-09-03
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James Serra's Blog
Resume hoarders
Unfortunately in my line of work as a consultant, I am contacted far too often by resume hoarders, who are...
2013-08-29
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Winner of the worst recruiter of the year!
Every week I get a bunch of emails from recruiters about jobs that I am not qualified for (see Low-rate...
2013-08-27
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Recruiters, pay rates, and client budgets
If a recruiter sends me a job description, the first question I ask is, “What is the pay rate”. If...
2013-08-22
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A placement firm’s “guaranteed” replacement
I have heard large placement firms say they are better than smaller firms because “They offer the client a guaranteed...
2013-08-20
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SQL Server 2014: AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn was introduced in SQL Server 2012, and there are some enhancements in SQL Server 2014:
Now support up to 8 secondary...
2013-08-15
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Dear recruiter: I will not help you do your job for free
I literally get 10-15 calls and emails a week from recruiters asking if I can help them to find a...
2013-08-13
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Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions
If your company is planning to build a data warehouse or BI solution (see Why you need Business Intelligence), you need...
2013-08-08
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Presentations slides for Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions” for Pragmatic Works. The abstract for my session...
2013-08-07
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Why use a SSAS cube?
What are the advantages of using SSAS Cubes over a regular data warehouse for reporting? Note I’m not asking why...
2013-08-06
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